Archaeology

Storm uproots tree, reveals skeleton of medieval man

Steven
September 28, 2015September 28, 2015

From weather.com: When a winter storm hit Ireland earlier this year, it brought more than just strong wind and snow. The storm uprooted a 215-year-old… Read More »

Warrior tomb discovered in Poland

Steven
September 10, 2015September 10, 2015

From Archaeology.org: SANDOMIERZ, POLAND—An early eleventh-century wooden chamber tomb containing the remains of an elite warrior has been unearthed in southwestern Poland. Science in Poland… Read More »

Medieval objects uncovered at shopping center in Oxford

Steven
August 11, 2015

From the BBC: Rare and exciting” leather and wooden objects 700 years old have been found at an archaeological dig in Oxford. Experts uncovered 50… Read More »

Ghostly faces and invisible verse found in medieval King Arthur text

Steven
April 13, 2015

From Fox News: Ghostly faces and lines of verse previously invisible to the naked eye have been uncovered in the oldest surviving medieval manuscript written… Read More »

Medieval palace uncovered in England

Steven
December 5, 2014

From Fox News: A prehistoric fortress is home to a much later structure: what may be one of the biggest medieval palaces ever discovered, one… Read More »

Sword of Ivan the Terrible

Steven
December 2, 2014

From Fox News: A medieval mystery sword found nearly 40 years ago in Siberia belonged to the notorious Ivan the Terrible, if a rather colorful… Read More »

Viking fortress unearthed

Steven
October 1, 2014

From Fox News: Archaeologists have dug up a rare find in Denmark: a Viking fortress. It’s the first such discovery in more than 60 years,… Read More »

Additional structures found at the site of Stonehenge

Steven
September 12, 2014

From the Washington Post: Today, the word “Stonehenge” evokes an image of an eerie stone circle standing alone on a windswept plane. But new digital… Read More »

Reconstructing the faces of medieval Scots

Steven
August 7, 2014

From edinburgh.gov.uk: A five-year project to analyse bodies discovered during an archaeological dig by the City of Edinburgh Council and Headland Archaeology has shed new… Read More »

Rome’s Colosseum a dwelling in medieval times

Steven
July 16, 2014July 16, 2014

From Discovery.com. Forget gory shows and gladiatorial combat. In the late Middle Ages, Rome’s Colosseum was a huge condominium, says the latest archaeological investigation into… Read More »

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